Ontario Workforce Priority
Only active OINP streamOfficial name: Ontario Workforce Priority stream. Ontario nominates. IRCC decides permanent residence. A nomination is not PR.
The 14 Jul 2026 OINP landing still says this stream has launched and all other streams are closed. Scoring factors are not stream criteria. This page reprints official scoring cells fetched 21 Aug 2026 from the stream page. 59 cells fetched. No scoring band was left empty.
Related: NOC, Wages, Permanent Residence, Work, CRS calculator.
Source: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) · official page Jul 14, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: July 14, 2026". Text: the new Ontario Workforce Priority stream has launched, and all other streams are now closed.
Source: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · official page Aug 11, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 11, 2026". Official scoring table lives on this page. Application-process page points here for stream criteria.
Source: OINP application process · official page Aug 10, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · The linked application-process path redirected (HTTP 307) to /page/oinp-application-process. Live page printed "Updated: August 10, 2026". Employer-first job-offer ID, 30 calendar-day EOI window, and Express Entry option (TEER 0 to 3 job offer or self-employed physician) are on this page.
Source: 2026 OINP updates · official page Aug 4, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 04, 2026". 4 Aug 2026 entry: EOI portal open for Ontario Workforce Priority.
Source: Invitations to apply to the OINP · official page Aug 11, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 11, 2026". Canonical path is /page/invitations-apply-oinp. The 2026 tables on this fetch still name closed Employer Job Offer streams. No Ontario Workforce Priority invitation cutoff was printed. Cutoffs stay empty.
Stream map
Two live pathways on the official stream page: a qualifying job offer in any NOC 2021 TEER, plus self-employed physicians who do not have a job offer. Self-employed professionals other than physicians are not eligible.
Duties first, lead statement second, Job Bank wage confirm-only. Wage does not pick the NOC. Use /noc, /wages, and /programs. /work-permits is the permit map. It is not an OINP requirement.
Job-offer path. Employer goes first.
- The employer registers the business and submits the job offer in the Employer Portal. Employer Portal guide.
- The candidate receives a job offer ID by email.
- The candidate has 30 calendar days from the job-offer submission date to register the EOI. If the window lapses, the offer expires and the employer must submit a new job offer.
- An invitation is not a nomination. If invited, the official stream page gives the employer 14 calendar days to apply for approval of the employment position, and the candidate 17 calendar days to submit after that employer filing.
Self-employed physician path
Official physician path on the same stream page. No job offer. The official tests are: eligible to receive payment for publicly funded health services under the Health Insurance Act, 1990 (an OHIP billing number), and a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario certificate in independent practice, academic practice, or provisional registration, in good standing. A postgraduate education licence is not this path. Those physicians may still use a job offer if they have one. Start through the official OINP webform on the stream page. If invited, submit within 17 calendar days.
Nomination is not PR
Ontario issues a nomination. IRCC decides permanent residence. IRCC provincial nominees. The stream page says a successful file gets a nomination approval letter, a nomination certificate, and a work-permit support letter if applicable, then the person applies to IRCC within 6 months. Confirm those next steps on the live application-process page.
Express Entry nomination is optional, and only where official
The live application-process page, after redirect from https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-immigrant-nominee-program-oinp-application-process to https://www.ontario.ca/page/oinp-application-process, offers Express Entry nomination only if the person applies with a TEER 0 to 3 job offer or as a self-employed physician, meets federal Express Entry minimums, and keeps a valid federal profile. TEER 4 and 5 job-offer files are not that option. Do not invent 600 CRS on every OINP file. The stream page states the 600 CRS addition only after an Express Entry nomination is accepted.
Closed streams. Not apply-now paths.
The landing page is explicit: all other streams are now closed. That includes Human Capital Priorities, Employer Job Offer, Masters Graduate, PhD, French-Speaking Skilled Worker, and In-Demand Skills. In-progress files under a closed stream stay with the rules they were filed under. New EOIs belong on Workforce Priority only.
What this page will not invent
- There is no fee to register an EOI. An invited application has a fee. The live application-process page on ontario.ca prints the amounts. This site does not copy them.
- No processing-time promise.
- No Workforce Priority draw date or cutoff. Invitation cutoffs stay empty unless ontario.ca publishes them for this stream.
- This page does not collect a UCI or other file facts.
Document checklist: Ontario Workforce Priority applicant checklist.
EOI score helper
Printed official cells only. Scoring factors are not stream criteria.
This helper adds the bands reprinted from the Ontario Workforce Priority stream page fetched 21 Aug 2026. A score is not an invitation and not a nomination. Ontario nominates. IRCC decides permanent residence.
This helper does not collect file facts. Wage does not pick the NOC.
NOC 2021 input. Duties first.
Official TEER and broad-category bands use the 5-digit NOC. Title search starts the hunt. Main duties first, lead statement second, Job Bank wage confirm-only. Open the NOC helper, wage helper, and programs hub. A work permit is a different map: /work-permits. It is not an OINP requirement.
Official scoring bands
Official region definitions
- Northern Ontario. Muskoka, Haliburton, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Greater Sudbury/Grand Sudbury, Timiskaming, Cochrane, Algoma, Thunder Bay, Rainy River and Kenora
- Eastern Ontario. Frontenac, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
- Central Ontario (excluding Greater Toronto Area). Dufferin, Grey, Simcoe, Waterloo and Wellington
- Southwestern Ontario. Brant, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand-Norfolk, Hamilton, Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Niagara, Oxford and Perth
- Inside Greater Toronto Area (except Toronto). regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York
- Toronto. City of Toronto
Working total
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Sum of fetched official cells you selected. Empty or not-applicable factors add nothing. This is not an invitation cutoff and not a nomination.
- NOC TEER categoryNot selected
- NOC broad occupational categoryNot selected
- Hourly wageNot selected
- Ontario work experience (job-offer position)Not selected
- Ontario work experience (if under 6 months in the job-offer position)Not applicable
Official fallback only when the job-offer-position band is less than 6 months or not currently working in the position.
- Ontario work experience (self-employed physicians)Not applicable
- Canadian work experience: earnings historyNot selected
- Legal status in CanadaNot selected
- Highest level of educationNot selected
- Number of Canadian education credentialsNot selected
- Official language ability (English or French)Not selected
- Knowledge of official languagesNot selected
- Regional immigration: location of work location in job offerNot selected
Official pages do not offer Express Entry nomination on a TEER 4 or 5 job-offer file. Do not invent 600 CRS here.
Invitation cutoffs
Empty. Ontario.ca has not published Ontario Workforce Priority invitation cutoffs on this fetch. The invitations page still lists closed Employer Job Offer stream draws. Those are not reprinted here.
Official scoring table, fetched 21 Aug 2026
Reprinted only from ontario.ca/page/ontario-workforce-priority-stream. If a band had been truncated or missing, it would stay empty. On this fetch every listed band had a printed point value.
NOC TEER category
Prepopulated in the EOI if applying with a job offer or as a self-employed physician. TEER is the second digit of the 5-digit NOC.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| NOC TEER 0 or 1 | 9 | Fetched |
| NOC TEER 2 or 3 | 6 | Fetched |
| NOC TEER 4 | 0 | Fetched |
| NOC TEER 5 | 0 | Fetched |
NOC broad occupational category
Prepopulated in the EOI if applying with a job offer or as a self-employed physician. Broad category is the first digit of the 5-digit NOC.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Occupational Category 3 | 10 | Fetched |
| Occupational Category 7 | 8 | Fetched |
| Occupational Category 2 | 6 | Fetched |
| Occupational Category 0, 1, 4, 8, 9 | 4 | Fetched |
| Occupational Category 5, 6 | 2 | Fetched |
Hourly wage
Prepopulated in the EOI if applying with a job offer. For self-employed physicians, the hourly wage scoring factor is not applicable.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| $40 per hour or higher | 15 | Fetched |
| $35 to $39.99 per hour | 12 | Fetched |
| $30 to $34.99 per hour | 10 | Fetched |
| $25 to $29.99 per hour | 8 | Fetched |
| $20 to $24.99 per hour | 5 | Fetched |
| Less than $20 per hour | 0 | Fetched |
Ontario work experience (job-offer position)
Job-offer applicants. Months working full-time in the job-offer position.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Over 24 months working full-time in job offer position | 18 | Fetched |
| 13 to 24 months working full-time in job offer position | 15 | Fetched |
| 6 to 12 months working full-time in job offer position | 12 | Fetched |
| Less than 6 months working full-time in job offer position or not currently working in position | 0 | Fetched |
Ontario work experience (if under 6 months in the job-offer position)
Official fallback only if the applicant has less than 6 months work experience in the job-offer position.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Over 24 months working full-time (or part-time equivalent) in Ontario | 12 | Fetched |
| 13 to 24 months working full-time (or part-time equivalent) in Ontario | 9 | Fetched |
| 6 to 12 months working full-time (or part-time equivalent) in Ontario | 6 | Fetched |
| Less than 6 months working full-time (or part-time equivalent) in Ontario or not currently working in Ontario | 0 | Fetched |
Ontario work experience (self-employed physicians)
Cumulative medical practice in Ontario.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Over 24 months (2 years or more) cumulative medical practice in Ontario | 18 | Fetched |
| 13 months up to 24 months cumulative medical practice in Ontario | 15 | Fetched |
| 6 months up to 12 months cumulative medical practice in Ontario | 12 | Fetched |
| Less than 6 months cumulative medical practice in Ontario | 0 | Fetched |
Canadian work experience: earnings history
Based on a Notice of Assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency in the last 5 years.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| $70k or more earnings in a year | 8 | Fetched |
| $50k to $69,999 | 6 | Fetched |
| $30k to $49,999 | 4 | Fetched |
| Under $30k earnings in a year | 0 | Fetched |
Legal status in Canada
The work or study permit must confer legal status.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| With valid work permit | 10 | Fetched |
| With valid study permit | 5 | Fetched |
| Without valid work or study permit | 0 | Fetched |
Highest level of education
Canadian credential or ECA required.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Doctorate or degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry | 10 | Fetched |
| Masters degree | 8 | Fetched |
| University certificate or diploma above a bachelor level | 6 | Fetched |
| Bachelors degree or equivalent | 6 | Fetched |
| Ontario College Graduate Certificate | 5 | Fetched |
| University certificate or diploma below a bachelor level | 5 | Fetched |
| College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma that is not an Ontario College Graduate Certificate | 5 | Fetched |
| Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma | 5 | Fetched |
| Less than college or trade certificate | 0 | Fetched |
Number of Canadian education credentials
Credential must be a post-secondary education credential from an eligible Canadian institution that takes at least one year to complete on a full-time basis.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| More than one Canadian credential | 10 | Fetched |
| One Canadian credential | 5 | Fetched |
| No Canadian credential | 0 | Fetched |
Official language ability (English or French)
Points use the lowest CLB across the 4 language areas. If both English and French tests were taken, points use the test with the higher CLB. Academic or One Skill Retake tests are not accepted.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| CLB 9 or higher | 15 | Fetched |
| CLB 8 | 12 | Fetched |
| CLB 7 | 8 | Fetched |
| CLB 6 | 4 | Fetched |
| CLB 5 or lower | 0 | Fetched |
Knowledge of official languages
To receive points for 2 official languages, you must have at least CLB 6 across the 4 language areas for both tests.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| 2 official languages | 10 | Fetched |
| 1 official language | 5 | Fetched |
Regional immigration: location of work location in job offer
Job-offer files use the work location the employer entered. Self-employed physicians use the Ontario practice address on the OHIP billing-number registration.
| Band | Points | Fetch |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ontario | 15 | Fetched |
| Eastern Ontario | 10 | Fetched |
| Central Ontario outside GTA | 10 | Fetched |
| Southwestern Ontario | 10 | Fetched |
| Inside GTA (except Toronto) | 5 | Fetched |
| Toronto | 0 | Fetched |
Source: Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) · official page Jul 14, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: July 14, 2026". Text: the new Ontario Workforce Priority stream has launched, and all other streams are now closed.
Source: Ontario Workforce Priority stream · official page Aug 11, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 11, 2026". Official scoring table lives on this page. Application-process page points here for stream criteria.
Source: OINP application process · official page Aug 10, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · The linked application-process path redirected (HTTP 307) to /page/oinp-application-process. Live page printed "Updated: August 10, 2026". Employer-first job-offer ID, 30 calendar-day EOI window, and Express Entry option (TEER 0 to 3 job offer or self-employed physician) are on this page.
Source: 2026 OINP updates · official page Aug 4, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 04, 2026". 4 Aug 2026 entry: EOI portal open for Ontario Workforce Priority.
Source: Invitations to apply to the OINP · official page Aug 11, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · Live HTTP 200. Printed "Updated: August 11, 2026". Canonical path is /page/invitations-apply-oinp. The 2026 tables on this fetch still name closed Employer Job Offer streams. No Ontario Workforce Priority invitation cutoff was printed. Cutoffs stay empty.